“What billows are ideas! How quickly they cover all that it is their mission to destroy and to bury, and how promptly… — Victor Hugo Goals Copy Share Image
“We have just said that the scaffold is the only edifice which revolutions do not demolish. It is rare indeed that revolutions… — Victor Hugo Death Copy Share Image
Is it not when the fall is the lowest that charity ought to be the greatest? — Victor Hugo Charity Copy Share Image
“Relegated, as he was, to one corner, and sheltered behind the billiard-table, the soldiers whose eyes were fixed on Enjolras, had not… — Victor Hugo Les mis Copy Share Image
“Faith is necessary to men; woe to him who believes in nothing!” — Victor Hugo Faith Copy Share Image
Homer is one of the men of genius who solve that fine problem of art - the finest of all, perhaps -… — Victor Hugo Art Copy Share Image
“Gavroche had fallen only to rise again; he remained in a sitting posture, a long thread of blood streaked his face, he… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“That night, before going to bed, he went on to say, 'Never be afraid of thieves and murderers. They represent the dangers… — Victor Hugo Fear Copy Share Image
“He was not tall; he was rather plump; and, in order to combat this tendency, he was fond of taking long strolls… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
His whole life was now summed up in two words: absolute uncertainty within an impenetrable fog. — Victor Hugo Doubt Copy Share Image
“Cosette was not very timid by nature. There flowed in her veins some of the blood of the bohemian and the adventuress… — Victor Hugo Cosette Copy Share Image
“It has always belonged to the truly great and strong to care for the weak and feeble.” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“With the exercise of a little care, the nettle could be made useful; it is neglected and it becomes hurtful. It is… — Victor Hugo Bad people Copy Share Image
The pupil dilates in darkness and in the end finds light, just as the soul dilates in misfortune and in the end… — Victor Hugo Darkness Copy Share Image
Rhyme, that enslaved queen, that supreme charm of our poetry, that creator of our meter. — Victor Hugo Charm Copy Share Image
“Geniuses are disconcerting. Their comings and goings in the ideal world give one vertigo . . . . They have a telescope… — Victor Hugo Geniuses Copy Share Image
The ode lives upon the ideal, the epic upon the grandiose, the drama upon the real. — Victor Hugo Drama Copy Share Image
“She gave anyone who saw her a sensation of April and of dawn. There was dew in her eyes. Cosette was a… — Victor Hugo Cosette Copy Share Image
Nothing can be sadder or more profound than to see a thousand things for the first and last time. To journey is… — Victor Hugo Bends in the road Copy Share Image
The quantity of civilization is measured by the quality of imagination. — Victor Hugo Civilization Copy Share Image
“No Prefect of Police believes that a cat can turn into a lion; nevertheless the thing happens...” — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization. — Victor Hugo Civilization Copy Share Image
